Aubrey's Birthday, Cooper Dean is Here, Fall Fun, Cousin, Olives & Friends Thanksgiving!

Cooper James Dean 

11/11/2013

7lbs. 1 oz. 19 in.

Everyone is doing well, and the girls are loving having a new brother! 

Congrats Eric & Adj, can't wait to meet the little guy.

Happy 3rd birthday Aubrey.  Since November has been full of milling. Nicole and I took the kids to the ranch to have a little birthday celebration. After a day of shopping for pink and purple, she was a happy girl with her cupcake!

Thank you Nicole for watching the kids!  I had an event, & Mike was milling so Nicole took the kids on some Fall Adventures!

 Gino once in awhile asks me to rock him at night, it's not all the time, so I usually give in. This one one special nap day. I decided to just take a break and hold him. Excellent choice if I do say so myself.

Cousin Cole, growing up and looking adorable in his Uggs

 This girl loves Vegemite after our Australia trip!

 It's been awhile since Stella was little and wanted to sit in Gino's lap. But this particular day he wanted to hold her like the good ol days.  It was cute, but Stella wasn't so sure about it. "I hold Stella" he kept saying.

Annual Friends Thanksgiving @ Nats.  

Delicious food, vino & a night out with the girls. Just what I needed!

Fall is Here! Playing in Trees & Raking Leaves! 

Well it is good to know we were included in what she is thankful for! Dogs, Turtle & Family! 

Wonder what we have been up to???????

                                         

Pumpkin Patch, Santa Cruz, Cole, Stella, D turns 5, & More

Harvest has begun, so this is what we have on the brain!

Some years the kids and I end up on many pumpkin patch adventures. This year they went to Fog Willow with nana, and our annual trip to Phillips with the Zuluetas. It was a crazier than normal October for us. The kids still fit in the wheelbarrow, but not for long!

Giada loves Raggedy Anne and was so excited to see her there.

 We got to babysit Cole!  Sorry Scott, he gets girly things when he is here. Kids thought he needed to hang with Minnie! Stella stopped by to meet him too.

 First of all GO GIANTS.  Unfortunately Scott is an A's fan. So Cole may have to be one of those kids with the half A's/Giants hats, but I will continue to work on that!! For now, a playoff game is fun regardless. ...so off they went. 

  Happy Birthday D! 

 Hard to believe the weather has still been so warm and beautiful all of October!

We knew harvest was quickly approaching and we had one free weekend, so off to Santa Cruz for the day we went.  We had a blast. The kids were both tall enough for tons of rides. We must have done the log ride 7x. They wanted to go over and over. Gino kept saying "fun, again" after we got off. 

 More to post but I am being lazy. Enough for now...until next time.

Random Catch Up - Dr Betts(Oakland Children's), Olive Festival, Cousins.. & more!

This past week we headed to Oakland for Gino's last appointment at the Children's Hospital. It is bittersweet. It is hard to believe a year has gone by since we first headed there.  We are so thankful for the wonderful care we received and realize how fortunate we with Ginos final diagnosis. We wish Dr Betts could always be our doctor, he was amazing, but we are glad to be closing this chapter in our lives.  

 Since we were in the area, we headed to the Oakland Zoo...couldn't get those pics to download but the kids had a good time. Fun to see Gino point to the animals he sees and try to talk to them.  Then we headed over the bridge to drop Mike off to meet his buddies at the Giants game. We had some time to kill and even drove down the tourist Lombard Street.  Fun day with the fam. 

Coldani Family headed to the Paso Robles Olive Oil Festival this past weekend, always a fun event - filled with great customers we are happy to see return each year! Giada came this year and joined in on the fun - especially with Freckles the clown!

My mom entertained the kids during the festival then we were off to Santa Barbara for a family wedding. Great visit with the MacLaggans that were in town! Great meeting Todd! Welcome to the family!

Apparently I was the only one ready for the picture! Giada then said, if Gino doesn't want to smile for the picture, I will!" lol  It was so hot - we enjoyed cooling off in the pool. Giada is getting more and more brave. Having Uncle Chris and Peter to jump in and throw her in the pool was so much fun, she is still talking about it! 

On the way home we were sure to hit the beach in Avila to visit with friends! Thanks for joining girls! Schafers- hope you get those kids to the beach more often, they loved it! ;) And as always Firestones did not disappoint!!! 

Random pics!

 He's a climber!

 Those teeth and that hair -Both have a mind of their own!!

 Giada loved her new twirl dress! And she looks so different with her bangs pulled back!

Thank you Heather for watching the kiddos! I needed those couple hours! :)